More Otters in the Rio Grande
The newly relocated otters came from Abbeville, Louisiana. With the help of Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and trapper Ryan Schaefer, who removes nuisance otters on crayfish farms. Seven were release north of the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge and and two in Diablo Canyon, north of Santa Fe.
River Otters of the Rio Grande
The above images were taken on a 2 day rafting excursion down the Taos Box. This family of five was such a pleasure to watch as they marked their territory, rolled in the sand, loped over the boulders and swam amongst the rocks of the Rio Grande.
Otters are the Greatest
Otters in New Mexico? New Wave guide and photographer Britt Runyon photographed these baby otters in the Taos Box run of the Rio Grande. They were not afraid of the rafts, and stuck around. You never know where you will see them next, since they move upstream and down all the time. They were transplanted […]
Big Day For Wildlife, 2-25-19
Yesterday (2-25-19) was a big day for wildlife viewing in the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument, in northern New Mexico. Shucks, it’s only a National Monument, but has populations of wildlife that rival National Parks. And this is especially so in the winter, when a variety of northern ducks and bald eagles arrive at the generally […]
Otters – Rio Grande, New Mexico
Otters – Rio Grande del Norte National Monument, NM. Throughout the winter I visit the Orilla Verde Recreation Area, on the Rio Grande, NM. My purpose is to photograph the wintering birds and other wildlife that I run into. This is the stretch of river where our Monument Scenic Float trip takes place in the […]
The Rio Grande in Rocks
Just downstream of Taos Junction Rapid, on the Rio Grande of northern New Mexico, is a group of basalt rocks that, at high water, are vigorously washed by strong currents. The sediment carried by the high water sculpts and polishes these rocks. To my eye, the sculpting of the rocks model the river’s waves, while […]